The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys of the Chief Writings of Each Nation..., Volume 5Charles Francis Horne Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb, 1917 - English literature |
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... commands came first and was afterward replaced by the other . The first revelation he accepts as having been di ... command to slay all who opposed his teachings . So again , if you would understand the growth of the prophet's ...
... commands came first and was afterward replaced by the other . The first revelation he accepts as having been di ... command to slay all who opposed his teachings . So again , if you would understand the growth of the prophet's ...
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... command men to do justice , and forget your own souls ? yet ye read the book of the law : do ye not therefore understand ? Ask help with perseverance and prayer ; this indeed is grievous , unless to the humble , who seriously think they ...
... command men to do justice , and forget your own souls ? yet ye read the book of the law : do ye not therefore understand ? Ask help with perseverance and prayer ; this indeed is grievous , unless to the humble , who seriously think they ...
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... command , caught fish on the Sabbath , and dressed and ate them ; and afterward cut canals from the sea , for the fish to enter , with sluices , which they shut on the Sabbath , to prevent their return to the sea . The other part of the ...
... command , caught fish on the Sabbath , and dressed and ate them ; and afterward cut canals from the sea , for the fish to enter , with sluices , which they shut on the Sabbath , to prevent their return to the sea . The other part of the ...
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... command ; for God is omnipotent . Be constant in prayer , and give alms ; and what good ye have sent before for your souls ye shall find it with God ; surely God seeth that which ye do . They say , Verily none shall enter paradise ...
... command ; for God is omnipotent . Be constant in prayer , and give alms ; and what good ye have sent before for your souls ye shall find it with God ; surely God seeth that which ye do . They say , Verily none shall enter paradise ...
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... command you to become infidels , after ye have been true believers ? And remember when God accepted the covenant of the prophets , saying , This verily is the scripture and the wisdom which I have given you : hereafter shall an apostle ...
... command you to become infidels , after ye have been true believers ? And remember when God accepted the covenant of the prophets , saying , This verily is the scripture and the wisdom which I have given you : hereafter shall an apostle ...
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Page 138 - Verily, your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth in six days; then He made for the Throne.
Page 49 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 372 - When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter among them: and bind them in bonds- and either give them a free dismission afterwards, or exact a ransom; until the war shall have laid down its arms.
Page 55 - Sabians, whoever believeth in God, and the last day, and doth that which is right, they shall have their reward with their Lord; there shall come no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved.
Page 361 - I come unto you with a sign from your Lord ; therefore fear God, and obey me. Verily God is my Lord, and your Lord : therefore serve him. This is the right way.
Page 149 - GOD knoweth them. And whatsoever ye shall expend in the defence of the religion of GOD, it shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.
Page 74 - God will not punish you for an inconsiderate word in your oaths; but he will punish you for that which your hearts have assented unto: God is merciful and gracious. They who vow to abstain from their wives are allowed to wait four months: but if they go back from their vow, verily God is gracious and merciful; and if they resolve on a divorce, God is he who heareth and knoweth.
Page 162 - But as to those who believe, and work righteousness, their LORD will direct them because of their faith ; they shall have rivers flowing through gardens of pleasure. Their prayer therein shall be, Praise be unto thee, O GOD ! and their salutation
Page 303 - And we will cause them to taste the nearer punishment of this world, besides the more grievous punishment of the next ; peradventure they will repent.
Page 307 - GOD had determined to discover," and didst fear men; whereas it was more just that thou shouldst fear GOD. But when Zeid * had determined the matter concerning her, and had resolved to divorce her, we joined her in marriage unto thee ; * lest a crime should be charged on the true believers, in marrying the wives of their adopted sons, when they have determined the matter concerning them ; • and the command of GOD is to be performed. No crime is to be charged on the prophet, as to what GOD hath...